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PERFECT BROWNIES

Taste and Create was started as a food event by Nicole from For the Love of Food. The whole purpose of Taste and Create was, and has been, and continues to be to create a community of bloggers who test each others’ recipes and share links. The participants of the event are paired together and try a new recipe from one another's blog. My partner this month is Laura from Tasteful Diversions. I spent a lazy afternoon perusing her recipes and was intrigued by her recent brownie recipe. Laura had adapted the recipe from Cook's Illustrated and I opted to follow her version. These brownies were awesome. Hubby gave them 2 thumbs up! I added a Mocha cream cheese frosting and they really were perfect!

Add in unsweetened chocolate and continue to whisk until chocolate is melted.

Whisk in melted butter and oil. (CI notes at this point that the mixture may look curdled; I have not had this issue.)

Whisk in sugar.

Stir in eggs, yolks, and vanilla until all ingredients are fully incorporated.

Fold in chips.

Pour batter into prepared pan and bake at 350° 30-35 minutes, until a toothpick inserted halfway between edge and center comes out clean.

Remove from oven and allow to cool in pan on a rack for 1 1/2hrs.

Using foil, remove brownies from pan and place on rack to cool another hour before serving.*

*Laura said, "Okay look, this is 2 1/2 hours of cooling time. I don’t know about you, but there is no chance in hell that fresh brownies are going to get that much alone time at my house. I usually make it about 45 minutes before I start cutting" and I wholeheartedly concur!